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Will say the only real problem I had was Kotoha's voice definitely not being what I expected.

Otherwise while not outstanding, did alright in the first episode. Some good old life swapping. Of course handle it in a somewhat odd way. It's like they physically got teleported to each other's words, but everyone just sees them physically as the other guy. After all Hinohara still has his bag so it's got to look more like the Arata everyone knows suddenly got dressed up in a weird outfit .

Though no idea why the OP(or ED) at the end there was so damn weird.

Hopefully the pacing also stabilizes a bit. I get they want to follow the classic "end the first episode with the MC awakening to some power", but that was pretty quick.

This seemed potentially pretty gay.
Can a manga reader warn me if there's ambiguous BL ahead? I know this runs in a shounen mag, but that means nothing anymore.

This is why I hate that damn OP/ED at the end. It completely makes the story look like that. As someone who has read it, there is definitely no BL or hints of it. No offense to those who like BL, but there just isn't. Any guy relationships here are the standard friends and/or enemies kind of thing.

This seemed potentially pretty gay.
Can a manga reader warn me if there's ambiguous BL ahead? I know this runs in a shounen mag, but that means nothing anymore.

As a loyal fan who has read through 16 volumes of this manga, I can confidently assure you that there is none. Reiterating what others have said, this anime belongs to the shounen category. If you have read Yuu Watase's other works such as Fushigi Yuugi, Alice 19th, Ayashi no Ceres or Zettai Kareshi, you will realize that BL is not featured in most of her mangas, though I am aware that she writes one or two yaoi mangas such as Sakura-Gari. Well maybe Zettai Kareshi and Alice 19th are poor examples, but my point is, Yuu Watase's main concern is romance, fantasy and action. and Arata Kangatari is an example.

Couldn't connect with the MCs one bit as it just moves from one scene to another in a very disjointed fashion. Having the whole 12 bosses already mapped out in the very first episode also makes it getting tedious really. Unless they are creative in their elements I doubt it will be decent. Not to mention that since it's gonna be 1-cour I don't think they will even bother to give it a decent stopping point.

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Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

I wonder if it's possible to have an anime that doesn't have 4 cute girls or mecha as the main subject without a flood of posts complaining about potential BL.

At first I thought this going to be a cross dressing anime. Lucky that it didn't turn out to be that way. Super power protogonist wield the sword and remind me of Benkai Ichigo used to weild. The pacing is quite fast and have a feeling that there will be a lot things happened in the later episodes. Love the character design and costume of Kotoha.